Hartford Men's Basketball Game Program: November 18 vs. Boston University

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FLOWERS

NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR

4 GUARD 6-3 JUNIOR LIBERAL STUDIES

HAWKS TIDBIT: Moses Flowers became the fastest Hawk to score 400 points since Joe Zeglinski (32 games), needing just 37 contests to reach the milestone.


2021-22

SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TUE. FRI. SAT. THUR. TUE. MON. WED. SUN. SAT. TUE. SAT. WED. TUE. SUN. THUR. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. WED. SAT. TUE. SAT. TUE. SAT.

11/9 11/12 11/13 11/18 11/23 11/29 12/1 12/5 12/11 12/14 12/18 12/22 12/28 1/2 1/6 1/8 1/12 1/15 1/19 1/22 1/26 1/29 2/2 2/5 2/9 2/12 2/16 2/19 2/23 2/26 3/1 3/5 3/8 3/12

TIME+/RESULT

AT WAGNER VS. CAMPBELL# VS. ARMY# BOSTON UNIVERSITY AT MERRIMACK AT APPALACHIAN STATE AT WINTHROP AT ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN AT UNLV SAINT FRANCIS (PA)$ AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT SACRED HEART AT CORNELL STONY BROOK* AT MAINE* VERMONT* AT BINGHAMTON* AT UMASS LOWELL* NEW HAMPSHIRE* AT VERMONT* BINGHAMTON* UMASS LOWELL* AT NEW HAMPSHIRE* UALBANY* AT UMBC* AT NJIT* MAINE* AT STONY BROOK* UMBC* NJIT* AT UALBANY* AMERICA EAST QUARTERFINAL^ AMERICA EAST SEMIFINAL^ AMERICA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP^

RED - HOME GAMES (CHASE ARENA AT REICH FAMILY PAVILION) + ALL TIMES EASTERN AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE * AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE OPPONENT | ^ PLAYED AT THE HIGHEST OVERALL SEED # DUKE VETERANS DAY WEEKEND SHOWCASE | $ JACK PHELAN CLASSIC

L, 59-77 L, 67-68 L, 79-86 7 PM 7 PM 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 2 PM 3 PM 7 PM 1 PM 11 AM 2 PM 2 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 1 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 7 PM 6:30 PM 7 PM 2 PM 7 PM TBD TBD TBD


ON THE DOCKET

rival Northeastern, 49-48, on Tuesday. Trailing by as many as 13, the Terriers Hartford makes its highly-anticipated staged a furious rally by scoring the season debut inside Reich Family game’s final seven points over the last Pavilion on Thursday when it hosts 1:46, but they were unable to complete former conference mate Boston University. It will be the first time in 621 the comeback. Walter Whyte, who scored a team-high 13 points last time days that the Hawks play in front of a out, averages 12.3 points per game, home crowd. while Javante McCoy paces the offense RAISE UP with 16.3 points per game. The return of fans inside Reich Family Pavilion could not have come at a more LAST TIME OUT Hartford dropped two games at opportune time. Prior to tipoff against the Duke Veterans Day Weekend the Terriers, the Hartford faithful will Showcase, held at Cameron Indoor witness the unveiling of the program’s Stadium. Coming up short against first-ever America East Championship Campbell in a 68-67 decision on and NCAA Tournament banner. Friday, the Hawks fell to Army, 86-79, Becoming the first team in conference on Saturday. Graduate student Hunter history to win four games on the way Marks led Hartford on the weekend, to claiming the league’s tournament averaging 16.5 points, including an title in 2020-21, the Hawks fell to 18-point outing against the Camels. eventual National Champion Baylor, 79-55, in their NCAA Tournament SERIES HISTORY debut in Indianapolis. Hartford and Boston University meet

SCOUTING BOSTON UNIV.

Boston University dropped to 1-2 on the season after falling to crosstown

for the first time since the Terriers departed the America East for the Patriot League at the conclusion of the

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2012-13 campaign. As members of both the North Atlantic Conference and the America East, the Hawks and Terriers clashed 67 times over a 29-year span. Boston University holds the advantage in the all-time series at 43-22, but Hartford won each of the final three games.

PROTECT THE NEST

T AL E O F T H E T A P E 0-3

RECORD

68.3

POINTS PER GAME

65.0

77.0

POINTS ALLOWED

60.3

34.7

REBOUNDS/GAME

34.3

.433

FG%

.432

.489

FG% DEFENSE

.422

.360

3-PT FG%

.292

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Hartford will look to continue last season’s success at home in 2021-22. During the abbreviated campaign, the Hawks went 10-1 and posted a .909 winning percentage in West Hartford, marking the best win rate inside Reich Family Pavilion since the 2002-03 team went 11-1 (.917 winning percentage).

.343

3-PT FG% DEF

.256

.677

.643

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FT%

12.0

ASSISTS/GAME

12.0

14.0

TO/GAME

15.7

-5.0

TO MARGIN

+1.3

5.7

STEALS/GAME

7.0

2.3

BLOCKS/GAME

4.0

The Hawks embark on their longest road trip of the season. The five game swing — which stretches over 21 days — begins with a stop at Merrimack on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS

UMass Lowell Vermont Binghamton New Hampshire UMBC Maine NJIT Stony Brook UAlbany Hartford

OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT 2-1 .667 2-1 .667 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 1-1 .500 1-2 .333 1-2 .333 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 0-3 .000

0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000

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(0-3 OVERALL, 0-0 AMERICA EAST)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.

0 Hunter Marks

Gr.

F

6-9 190

Phillip Island, Australia/Wonthaggi Sec. College

2

D.J. Mitchell

Sr.

G

6-0 160

Englewood Cliffs, N.J./St. Thomas More School

3

David Shriver

Sr.

G/F

6-6 220

Philippi, W.Va./Alderson Broaddus Univ.

Jr.

G

6-3 180

Dorchester, Mass./Thayer Academy

Kurtis Henderson Fr.

G

5-10 180

Brockton, Mass./Catholic Memorial

11 Briggs McClain

So. G

6-4 175

Martinsburg, W.Va./St. Maria Goretti

13 Dejuan Clayton

Gr.

6-2 185

Bowie, Md./Coppin State University

15 Thomas Webley

So. F

6-10 240

Christchurch, New Zealand/Cashmere

20 Austin Williams

Sr.

G

6-4 200

Roseland, N.J./Marist University

21 Matt Hobbs

Sr.

G

6-4 200 Anchorage, Alaska/Univ. of New England

22 Carlos Edmundo

Jr.

G

6-2 180

Piscataway, N.J./Piscataway

23 Michael Dunne

Sr.

G

6-4 190

Matawan, N.J./Matawan Regional

24 Jared Kimbrough Sr.

F

6-8 225

Neptune, N.J./La Salle University

45 Pierre Sow

C

7-0 235

Teaneck, N.J./Hampton University

4 Moses Flowers 5

Sr.

G

Hometown/Last School

HEAD COACH JOHN GALLAGHER - 12th Season - St. Joseph’s ’99

ASSISTANT COACHES TOM DEVITT - Ninth Season - Boston College ’93 YOLONZO MOORE II - Fifth Season - Hartford ’15 TIM BROOKS - Third Season - James Madison ’11 J.R. LYNCH - First Season - Hartford ’18, MBA ’19


BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIERS (1-2 OVERALL, 0-0 PATRIOT LEAGUE)

# Name

Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt.

0 Ethan Brittain-Watts Jr.

G

6-2 180

Hometown/Last School Indianapolis, Ind./Culver Academies

1

Garrett Pascoe

Jr. G

6-3 180

Concord, Calif./Clayton Valley Charter

2

Caelan Jones

So. G

6-5 190

Los Angeles, Calif./Vermont Acad.

3

Malcolm Chimezie

Fr.

F

6-8 220

Yonkers, N.Y./Stepinac

5

Walter Whyte

Sr.

G/F

6-6 210

New Haven, Conn./St. Luke’s School

13 Daman Tate

So. G

6-5 190

Roxbury, Mass./Cushing Acad.

15 Jonas Harper

Sr.

G

6-2 190

Stamford, Conn./St. Luke’s School

20 Tarkan Taboglu

Jr.

G

6-2 185

San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines

21 Andrew Patnode So. F

6-8 230 Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Perkiomen School

22 Anthony Morales So. G/F

6-8 195 Boston, Mass./Beaver Country Day School

24 Miles Brewster

So. G

6-3 175

25 Nevin Zink

Jr.

F

6-9 230

Newtown, Conn./USC Upstate

30 Javante McCoy

Gr.

G

6-5 180

Milwaukee, Wis./Phillips Exeter Acad.

31 Michael Quinn

Jr.

G

6-0 180

Taunton, Mass./Taunton

34 Tim Uzoegbu

Jr.

F

6-4 185

Medway, Mass./Medway

35 Fletcher Tynen

Sr.

G/F

6-7 195

Torrance, Calif./Bishop Montgomery

F

6-10 225

Shavertown, Pa./Holderness School

41 Sukhmail Mathon Gr.

Brooklyn, N.Y./The Hotchkiss School

HEAD COACH JOE JONES - 11th Season - SUNY Oswego ’87, ’89

ASSISTANT COACHES CURTIS WILSON - 11th Season - Adelphi ’91, ’93 WALT CORBEAN - Eighth Season - Xavier ’91 MIKE QUINN - Fourth Season - Bentley ’10 HERSCHEL JENKINS - First Season - Staten Island ’14 HARTFORD HAWKS // #FLYHIGH

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hunter

4

moses

MARKS

GRAD STUDENT | FORWARD

FLOWERS

JUNIOR | GUARD

CLAYTON 13 dejuan

GRAD STUDENT | GUARD

2

d.j.

5

kurtis

MITCHELL

SENIOR | GUARD

HENDERSON

FRESHMAN | GUARD

WEBLEY 15 thomas

SOPHOMORE | FORWARD

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david

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briggs

SHRIVER

SENIOR | GUARD/FORWARD

McCLAIN

SOPHOMORE | GUARD

WILLIAMS 20 austin

SENIOR | GUARD


HARTFORD HAWKS

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matt

HOBBS

SENIOR | GUARD

EDMUNDO 22 carlos

JUNIOR | GUARD

KIMBROUGH 24 jared

SENIOR | FORWARD

SOW 45 pierre

DUNNE 23 michael

SENIOR | GUARD

SENIOR | CENTER

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HARTFORD HAWKS

JOHN GALLAGHER HEAD COACH 12th Season

TIM BROOKS ASSISTANT COACH Third Season

TOM DEVITT

YOLONZO MOORE II

J.R. LYNCH

BRENDAN POLLICK

ASSISTANT COACH Ninth Season

DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS First Season

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ASSISTANT COACH Fifth Season

GRADUATE ASSISTANT Second Season


2021-22 Hartford Men's Basketball Combined Team Statistics All games

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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 S T A T I S T I CS

Game Records Record

Overall

ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

Home

0-3 0-0 0-3

AMERICA EAST: 0-0 Team Box Score No. Player 20 WILLIAMS, Austin 00 MARKS, Hunter

4 FLOWERS, Moses

24 KIMBROUGH, Jared 13 CLAYTON, Dejuan 2 MITCHELL, D.J.

3 SHRIVER, David

5 HENDERSON, Kurtis

23 DUNNE, Michael

11 MCCLAIN, Briggs

15 WEBLEY, Thomas

Team

GP-GS 3-3

MIN

1-0

71:49 23.9

9-21

.429

3-0 2-0 3-0

67:11 33.6 82:13 27.4 68:45 22.9 01:15 20:24

1.3 6.8

20:49 10.4 21:50

0-2 0-0 0-2

HOME: 0-0 .481

68:03 22.7

3-0

Neutral

0-1 0-0 0-1

13-27

3-3 3-3

Away

75:26 25.1

102:14 34.1

2-2

Score by Periods Team Hartford Opponents

OVERALL: 0-3

AWAY: 0-1

1st 99 120

2nd 106 111

OT 0 0

TOT 205 231

NEUTRAL: 0-2

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds AVG FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ A TO BLK STL PTS AVG

3-3 3-1

0-0 0-0 0-0

7.3

12-26 9-18 4-11

.143

4-12

.333 11-14

7-14

.500

1-3

.364

9-19

1-7

.462

.500

0-2

.600

.400

1-2

1.000

1-1

1.000

1-6

.167

1-4

.250

.286

1-4

.250

.400

2-7

.286

0-0

5

6-10

1-1 2-7

.786

.333 .000

6-15

1

1.000

4-10

.412

.643

4-4

.474

7-17

9-14

.000

8-11 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2 1-3

.727 .500 .500 .000 .000 .500 .333

8

9

4

10

14

3

13

16

0 1 2 0 0 1 0 8

19 5 6 7 0 1 2 1 7

24 5 7 9 0 1 3 1

15

3.0 14

2

8

7

0

2

36 12.0

8.0

0

4

3

2

3

33 11.0

4.7

3 6

5.3 10 2.5

4

3.0

1

2.3 0.0 0.3 1.5 0.3

3 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3

8

5

7

6

6

6

9

2

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

2

35 11.7

2 2

25

8.3

23

7.7

16

4

21

0 0 1

3.0

4

2.0

3

0

7.0

3 6

1

8.0

2.0 1.0

Total

3

600

68-157

.433

27-75

.360 42-62

.677

25 79 104 34.7 43

2 36 42

Opponents

3

600

90-184

.489

23-67

.343 28-42

.667

25 78 103 34.3 56

2 45 27 12 26 231 77.0

Team Statistics Scoring Points per game Scoring margin Field goals-att Field goal pct

3 point fg-att 3-point FG pct 3-pt FG made per game

Free throws-att Free throw pct F-Throws made per game Rebounds Rebounds per game Rebounding margin Assists Assists per game

Turnovers Turnovers per game Turnover margin Assist/turnover ratio Steals Steals per game

Blocks Blocks per game

Winning streak Home win streak

Attendance Home games-Avg/Game Neutral site-Avg/Game

HART 205 68.3 -8.7

OPP

231 77.0 -

68-157 .433

90-184 .489

42-62 .677 14.0

28-42 .667 9.3

27-75 .360 9.0

104 34.7 +0.3 36 12.0

42 14.0 -5.0 0.9 17 5.7 7 2.3 0 0

0 0-0 -

Team Results Date

11/09/2021 11/12/2021 11/13/2021

Opponent

at Wagner vs Campbell vs Army West Point

L L L

7 17 205 68.3

59-77 67-68 79-86

Score

Att.

1924 0 0

23-67 .343 7.7

103 34.3 45 15.0

27 9.0 1.7 26 8.7 12 4.0 -

1924 1-1924 2-0

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john

GALLAGHER Now in his 12th season as head coach of the Hartford men’s basketball team in 2021-22, John Gallagher brought the Hawks to new heights as his Hawks are coming off the program’s firstever America East Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance this past season. Named the 10th head coach in the 72-year history of the program prior to the 2010-11 campaign, Gallagher has led the Hawks to 70 wins — an average of 17 per year — over the past four seasons, the most in a four-year span in Hartford’s Division I history (since 1984-85). With 157 career victories, he enters the 2021-22 campaign as the all-time winningest coach in Hartford men’s basketball’s Division I history, surpassing legendary coach Jack Phelan (124 wins). A Philadephia native, Gallagher has coached 32 All-Conference Team honorees, with 17 of those awards coming over the past four seasons. During his tenure, the Hawks have earned four First Team, seven Second Team, eight Third Team, six All-Defensive Team, three AllRookie Team and five All-Academic Team selections. The highlight of Gallagher’s career — and arguably the program’s 37 years as a Division I program — came in 2020-21, one of the toughest seasons that college basketball has ever endured. In a year that was abbreviated due to COVID-19, the Hawks became the first team in America East history to win four games on the way to claiming the league’s tournament title. Knocking off Binghamton, UAlbany and perennial power Vermont as the No. 4 seed, Hartford, which was picked to finish sixth in the conference’s preseason poll, downed No. 6 UMass Lowell in the Championship Game to punch the program’s first ticket to the NCAA Tournament. Drawing No. 1-seeded Baylor in the First Round, the Hawks fell to the eventual National Champion, 79-55, in Indianapolis. The Bears’ win against the Hawks marked their smallest margin of victory against any opponent throughout their NCAA Championship run. The banner-raising campaign was not the only accomplishment for Gallagher and his Hawks in 2020-21. Under his guidance, Hartford, which won 10 of 11 home games, finished the campaign with a 15-8 overall record for the highest winning percentage in program history (.625). Gallagher had Hartford knocking on the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament for quite some time before the historic 2020-21 season. The Hawks have top-four finishes in each of the past four seasons, and have qualified for each of the past two America East Championship title games. Despite losing all five starters from a 2018-19 squad that won 18 games and lost in double overtime in the America East’s semifinals to defending champion UMBC, the 2019-20 team was one game away from raising the program’s first-ever league championship banner inside Reich Family Pavilion.

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Posting an 18-win season for the second time in as many years in 2019-20, the Hawks were set to board a bus and head to Burlington, where they would face Vermont in their second America East Championship appearance in program history. Moments before departure, though, the storybook season came to a screeching halt, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancelation of the game.

JOHN GALLAGHER’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS WINNINGEST COACH IN HARTFORD’S DI HISTORY 157-190 CAREER RECORD AE COACH OF THE YEAR 2017-18 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2020-21 CIT APPEARANCES 2012-13, 2017-18 AE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2020-21 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2019-20, 2020-21 2 NABC ALL-DISTRICT 1 HONOREES 32 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES

Known for developing potent offenses that are typically dangerous from three-point land, Gallagher has transitioned Harford into one of the top defensive teams in the America East. The Hawks ranked 31st in the nation in scoring defense (63.9 ppg) and 10th in nation in three-point field goal defense (.290) in 2020-21. The previous season, his squad was the second-best in the nation in defending the three-point line, holding opponents to a .275 clip from behind the arc. In 2017-18, Gallagher piloted Hartford to a program-record 19-win season, earning America East co-Coach of the year honors. That only scratches the surface of what the Hawks accomplished that season. Picked to finish eighth in the America East after a 9-23 finish in 2016-17, Gallagher led Hartford to one of the best single-season turnarounds in program history. Making a 10-win improvement, the Hawks broke the program’s Division I records in regularseason wins (18) and overall victories with a 19-14 record. Hartford’s record-breaking campaign also featured the program’s second Division I postseason appearance, as the Hawks were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The program’s first-ever postseason berth — a CIT invitation — also came under Gallagher in 2012-13. In addition to the team’s successes, Gallagher has also reached key milestones in his coaching career over the past two seasons. Three days after becoming the fifth coach in program history to reach 100 wins with a 79-62 victory at New Hampshire (Jan. 31, 2018), Gallagher became Hartford’s most successful Division I coach after defeating Stony Brook, 73-64 (Feb. 3, 2018). The Hawks have also excelled in the classroom during Gallagher’s tenure. Hartford earned a National Basketball Coaches Association (NABC) Team Academic Award for the third straight year in 2020-21. In addition, the Hawks’ 3.61 combined GPA ranked first among the America East’s 10 men’s basketball programs. The Hawks posted back-to-back winning records for the first time in Hartford’s Division I history under Gallagher. Breaking out for a 17-win season that was capped by the program’s first-ever Division I postseason bid — all while boasting the 11th youngest squad in the nation — in 2012-13, Hartford posted a 17-16 record the following season in 2014-15.

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At the conclusion of Hartford’s breakthrough season in 2012-13, CollegeInsider.com named Gallagher the 2013 America East Coach of the Year. That year, he was also a finalist for the prestigious Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award. Attributing to the Hawks’ success in the 2012-13 season was their tenacity on the defensive side of the court. Holding its opponents to a school record 61.2 points per game, Hartford, which won 17 games that season, also led the America East in steals (8.2 per game) and forced turnovers (16.0 per game). Gallagher’s hiring as Hartford’s fifth Division I coach in 2010 served as a reunion wtih the University, as he previously logged two seasons as the Hawks’ associate head coach (2006-08). Between his two stints at Hartford, he served two seasons as an associate head coach under Glen Miller at the University of Pennsylvania. After the 2010 Final Four, Gallagher left Penn to become Steve Donahue’s Associate Head Coach at Boston College, but was released from that position when the opportunity to return to Hartford’s sidelines arose. During his first stint at Hartford as an assistant, Gallagher breathed new life into the Hawks scoring by helping implement a new motion offense. The Hawks improved upon a 62.1 point-pergame average in his first year (2006-07) by netting 70.8 points per game in his second season (2007-08). In the latter season, which featured a then-school record 312 made three-pointers, Hartford made its first-ever America East Championship title game appearance while posting 18 wins, the most in program history at the time. Prior to that, Gallagher was the top assistant for Fran O’Hanlon’s staff at Lafayette College. At Lafayette, he served as the program’s top recruiter and was responsible for developing the team’s guards. Gallagher arrived at Lafayette by way of La Salle University, where he coached five seasons, including two under Big 5 legend Speedy Morris and the final three under Billy Hahn. He jumped right into coaching in 1999 upon graduating from Saint Joseph’s University, where he was a guard for three seasons and a member of the 1996-97 squad that advanced to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Gallagher is one of four siblings in a basketball-rich family, as his sisters Ann and Joan each played college basketball at La Salle and Boston College, respectively. Gallagher and his wife, Geneva, have three daughters, Kenna, Alanna and Mary Kate, and one son, John “Jack” Gallagher.

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